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the destinies of the pack, with Fred Gosden pro- 

 moted huntsman from the Duhallow, the champion 

 cup was won by Rantipole, a beautiful bitch, with 

 quality and substance, the best of shoulders, feet, 

 and bone, a daughter of Mr Austin Mackenzie's 

 Rallywood, and granddaughter of Belvoir Gambler. 

 Then the Messrs Corbet, father and son, between 

 1877 ^^^ 1907 hunted a portion of the country 

 known as the South Cheshire, building up a pack 

 of hounds with marvellous skill, second to none 

 whether on the flags or in the field, establishing 

 record prices in the sale ring. In 1907 Mr Hubert 

 Wilson, to everyone's regret, retired from a most 

 successful period of mastership of the Cheshire, 

 after carrying on the good work of the kennel for 

 six seasons, using the best sires of the day. With 

 the retirement of Mr Reginald Corbet from the 

 mastership of the South Cheshire, the two countries 

 were re-united into a six-day-a-week establishment 

 presided over by the Duke of Westminster, with 

 two huntsmen, Fred Champion and E. Tyrrell. The 

 management of the kennel, and the breeding of the 

 hounds, during the Duke's mastership, was con- 

 tinued by the ex-master, Mr Hubert Wilson, under 

 whose skill the pack obtained a very level appear- 

 ance, and stood nearer the ground. There were 

 many problems to contend with, for old John Jones 

 bred hounds of enormous size, going to the Belvoir, 

 Grove and Milton kennels for blood, whilst his 

 successor, J. Boore, suddenly swished on to the 

 airy, springy, Warwickshire blood ; consequently 

 subsequent entries came big and little, giving an 

 unlevel appearance to the pack. Mr Hubert Wilson, 

 a noted breeder of red setters, gained his experience 

 with hounds when master to the Ledbury, and 

 was a student of breeding at Belvoir —where he went 



